MULTAN:Three mobile kitchens in line with ‘Koi bhooka na soye’ program under umbrella of Ehsaas poverty alleviation initiative would likely to start from next week.
Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal (PBM) official sources informed this news agency here on Saturday that the three mobile kitchens included two in Multan and one in Rahim Yar Khan.
They said they were going to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jafaria Disaster Management Cell (JDC) Welfare organisation to provide free meal to PBM. It would be a joint venture of PBM and JDC (Non-governmental organization).
Each mobile kitchen would distribute meal free of cost among 300 people including labourers, daily wagers and low income families, sources said.
One mobile kitchen had been reached while the second would also reach soon for Multan district.
The department had sent three routes for distribution of food to high ups and meal distribution started at these routes after approval, sources informed .
Likewise, three Panah Gahas (shelter homes) were also being set up at Multan, DG Khan and Bahawalpur districts under umbrella of PBM.
Each shelter home would have the capacity to accommodate 100 homeless people.
The government’s initiative towards making country a welfare state in true sense was being hailed on a large scale, sources concluded.